Chiral tertiary alcohols and R-tertiary amines are important building blocks of naturally
occurring and artificial biologically active molecules. Although there are catalytic asymmetric …

Allylic alcohols represent an important and highly versatile class of chiral building blocks for
organic synthesis. This Review summarizes the plethora of methods developed for the …

There is a growing need in organic synthesis for efficient methodologies for the asymmetric
synthesis of quaternary carbon centres. One of the most attractive and straightforward …

In an age when organic chemists have shown that even the most complex natural and
unnatural products can be synthesized, 1-3 the emphasis of synthetic chemistry is shifting to …

Enantioselective catalytic formation of tertiary stereogenic centers has nowadays reached
an impressive level of maturity, as is reflected in the large variety of available methods that …

Asymmetry is ubiquitous in every part of Nature1 and has a great impact in many fields, not
only in chemistry but also even in arts. In the pharmaceutical area, asymmetry plays an …

Highly enantioenriched benzylic and allylic amines and alcohols are readily available via
asymmetric synthesis and in complex natural products. The development of mild, nickel …

Chiral olefin metathesis catalysts enable chemists to access enantiomerically enriched small
molecules with high efficiency; synthesis schemes involving such complexes can be …

Asymmetric preparation of all-carbon quaternary stereocenters is an important goal. Despite
advances in formation of highly enantioenriched products with quaternary stereocenters …

The development of broadly applicable and practical catalytic approaches for the
enantioselective creation of quaternary stereocenters remains a highly desirable yet …